History of Belfast (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from History of Belfast If any is needed for this publication it may be based on the need that exists for an up-to-date record of the events which form the history of the civic, religious, political and industrial development of Belfast, and which have made the city what it is to-day. This work is an unpretentious attempt to give a broad outline of that development without entering into any controversial treatment of political and religious questions. To the researches of Pinkerton and Benn years ago, we are indebted for a good deal of our knowledge of the early history of the town, and, in the present generation, Mr. R. M. Young, Mr. F. J. Bigger and others have laboured in the same field, Mr. Young's "Old Town Book" and "Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its Vicinity" being most valuable contributions. Since Benn's useful "History of Belfast" of 1877 there has not, so far as I know, been any endeavour made to write a complete history of the city, and, in submitting this volume, I am fully alive to the fact that a good deal more might have been said on many points. The material available, especially for the past hundred years, is extensive, but volumes would be required to deal exhaustively with it, and, even if written, it is doubtful whether a lengthy work would be so acceptable as a concise narrative. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.